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It is all well and good saying we need a code of conduct "for blogging" but that misses the bigger picture entirely. Subscription to a net wide "code" of Internet use would be far more appropriate. Such that the code of conduct covers all net use - world wide web, email, IRC, IM Ping, Finger, Gopher... you name it, it covers it.

Ideally this code should be applicable off line too.

But to say that bloggers should suddenly follow rules laid down by some other person is wrong.

I'm all for stamping out evil, suppressing bullying and promoting moral and ethical behavior but never in all of time and space has a rule or law ever done this. The only thing rules have done is provide a shelter for evil to justify itself by.

The BBC quoting Ms Sierra: "There is an unwritten rule in the blogosphere that it is wrong to delete nasty comments. It suggests that you can't take criticism but now there is a sense that this is nonsense," she said.

That right there is the problem.

This thou shalt not remove offensive content is a total pile of crap in my opinion.

It is your blog. You control the vertical, you control the horizontal. What you say is law - you are the editor ad only content that you approve may stay.

Others can whine as much as they want but it will never change this fundamental truth.

Why do you think my stalker has never come back?

Why do you think James L sits and moans on his blog and never bothers to post comments here.